The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-21 00:00:00

...... . .......... MONEY MARKET ! BEARE MAIMETS,—This day, 4, AND 1 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuR.S. cOMIXECIAL INTELLIGENCE. • , hare l Railways. ! paid . Closing I Bustnes, 0- 1 price, done. I - CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. I t3.14.18ir„ \Vol., and Str. Val.i all s PI This position of the discount market remains un- 18 1 T y l ii ; and Tyne, .. altered. Money is still plentiful with only a limited st 14.:5 siiil i Zci ' a d el l e i r d : C. .. ° 100 a A l 6; at 'Caledonian lOO 1181 1 1 91 demand fo r accommo d at i on, and merchants are en- 50 Com and Landon 10 Do A all - - tabled to negotiate their first class securities at 51, 20 Oornwan i all 6 7 A its no dig all - - and 61 per cent. to D o . .}.,. till 6p c.p an.has all - - About L 23,000 in gold was taken into the Bank been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 35 37 on Saturday. 2 ,3, 5 , i f ; ) ,l ci m.,Perth,&Ab. June.' all /( 1 3 . g The Baroda, which left yesterday with the st eiasgb.uarefi S. C 4 e a s sf o o r ‘ h x : 100 100 10 t 1(6 a s t GreatEaatern, Ord. stk 100 47 i 8 4n C ilcutta and China Mails; conveyed £175,470 in t Ditto A stock - - specie, st Ditto East.Anhlian,tj 100 61 71 et Great North I Scotland' 100 - - The City Mercantile Club close their share appli- at Greatlior4rn ' ,.. Do 127 128 1271 * Cation list on T hursday, the 2115 i nst. Since this a l --:),(") t 3 ' d ' l o cck 100 1285 1205 100 PO 132 announcement the shares have been rapidly ap• et Gt. S. an IW. of Irelau.: 100 Ci• 95 st Great Western plied for. The sales to-day were Ito 1 prem. at Do Str Val gua. stoc'r - - The Frontino and Bolivia Gold Mining Company Satt., l o a i ncashite & Yorkshire 160 1 1(91 6 l i r 1094 s t L o it 'd . , ' Lon don i a g u hl , El ezr. t w o Coast 1 1 C O * 0 I 103 101 shares ware to-day liberally sold at li, and closed at 2 prem. at Lon., Chat., 'and Dover 100 424 43.1 43 25 35 at Lon. & Nor'h Western 100 108} 10811 1081 1 8 8 1 Lou. a Ai sn ST.th N L Yelte i rn lgo o n r 98 The Dutch Tramway Company have announced the close of their application list to be on the 24th 50 Ma, n- y .' pogall Ca i l• i l c is o le n ; all - 124 Metropolitan all 1,15 1125 112} I 131 prem, at Midland The di rec t ors o f t h e B r i t i s h Copper Mining at Do Birming. .64 Derby 100 196 93 981 P Company, in reply to some remarks in the Money 5 2 0 5 klit . cr i t. si y i V ar . e o s f Ireland all i -.... - 2- Article o f a contemporary, b y the i r cha i rman, A. g Mtl o E r e r r all - a t Lin e 100 - - Alison, Esq., say :-" The insertion of the nam e o f at North British Mr, N. S. Hill as being a member of the firm of a s t ti t n. iea Perth, & B Dunc i lee 1 10 0 g to . i 1 2 00 4 1 k lO 6 ll 25 Do, 4 Gl r a - pu e r r ci v la °a se 16.13.4 - -.1 J. Hill and Son arose from an entire misconception. 100 55i 5 1 st Do Leeds Mr. Hill is a near relation of some of the mem- st Do York 100 - bars of the firm of James Hill and Sons, and this at NoDACit!olnisjoen 100 125 128 - led to the supposition that he was in the firm itself." ! 11 , 106.4 i _ o Do New 5 1 2 p N th Staffordshire The ' &litres of this company were in brisk demand 10 N. and S. W. Junction. all RI 114 to-day 11 an d 4 prem. et Scottish Central 81 Scot N. 10., Aber. stock 100 41 44 at Do Scot. Mid. stook lOO 98 100 Two O'CLOCK. tO Shrews. and Welohpoo, all - - At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Mr. at .Shrogshire Union at ISout DeTon lOO 34 26 Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes at 'South Eastern opened at 66f. ;t 'South Wales - - st S York. and River Dun 100 98 101 At the annual meeting to-day of the Bank of 20 Siaines,Wok.,andWoa. all 65 94 & Australasia, Si r W. Mi nto T . F arquhar, Bart ,M P i--- . 25 Stockton Darlington all 37 38 25 Do l7 94 9 10 .., in the ch a i r , t h e report of the directors stated that 15 Do New, 186 G lO 7 8 e.. st a ff... 163 166 the acc oun t s f or t h e year were till the 12th October to T ro Vale 8 .. 7 6 ; last.. Daring that p er i o d tra d e i n the Australian E til D s t ° e r C 3 3 4 p - - colonies, though g enera ll y sound, had been inactive, 25 Do all 20 - - P . - - but the profit s h a d su ff ered no diminution. A divi- 12 8 . t 10 va D e o of 1 Neath 1 91 91 92 dend had been declared, payable on the 12th April at rate r r i gli a l l iliefl; igg 1 next, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and a st West Cornwall lOO 22 24 bonus at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum, both at ten= B .= 100 Do Newport 100 - -, free of income tax ; being together at the rate of I Do Hereford 100 - - 14 per cent, per annum, or £2 16s, per share for the half-year. The first instalment of £ l .O, paid in BRITISH POSSESSIONS. May, 1863, on the new shares, will, in October next, Closin , particip a t e i n di v id end at the rate payable on the - Win . g Business don old shares. 100 Allantic &St La:NlTme. all 58 40 sk 1 1 im . ,l s 3a p r o o r d o a e &g . e . n .. t ........ it; 1035 1015 At first th e mar k e t f or t h e English funds exhi bited an upward tendency, and a small amount 2 2 0 0 PIO . rhWr **** ** % 1 1) ? '.... 13 p p of business w as t ransacte d at an advance of 1-16 .°4 Buffalo and Lsite Huron all 51 6 '0 Do. Preierenoe ..... all 74 84 hutialo,Br , ant &Godricl per cent. This improvement, however, has not been' ' 00 I • to • - - Maintai . ned, and Consols are now at the closing 00 8p : at d b o d . s..f. fo uf y . 1, 1! 8 4 2 106 - _ prices of Saturday-viz., 911 : for transfer, and m ot 13 1 0 c . ut do. t s I Ju Jude 1, 1 1 ,i 8 , 7 , -I 100 100 102 - 101 - . I . ! 81, for the account. The New Threes and at Cape' t f a o . vt'-n . & 4 l)oc t li ( Scri l 100 103 103 stock Eastn. Bengal g-u. 6p. ; 100 1051 106 1 -Reduced Annuities have been dealt in at 89 5 3 ; Ex- steek East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 1041 105 1045 4 che 2o Do. do. G Ext..... 15 i i P quer Bills, Bs. to 3s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents 1041 a. ', 20 Do. do. H do. .• 15 i 4 P ~2 4 , and Eofaced 5 per Cents,, 105. stook Grand Trunk of Canada tue 19 20 General b uoyancy prevails in the Foreign Market, 10000 Do. 1 :0. t t d , r e t ie t. ,, B e o r s . ... a l l '2 IA and business - is rather animated. Mexican have 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus.. all 2 6 b 7 3 risen lB 1 per cent., to 451 46k ; Turkish 6 per Cents., too lit Weetr stock . 1:: all l 49 51 23.?2, are 71 t- ; ditto Consolides, 53-1 54k ; Greek, fgfi it c l i ftlti r eLE: :11 Pe 2; 4 241 ; Spanish Passive, 351 361-; ditto Certifi Rt) Do. do. deferred...... all 22 t 5 100 1034 6041 1034 44 3; cates, 1 3,t_ 1 ; Portugue se 48 5 7 • C d - ,•; and ale orate e dock GtlndtaPeum.gua.sp.c. 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 i 4 1 rate Loan, 52 31. - Do. January, 1862 .. - - - Instook Gt. South.of India (Lim the R . guaranteed 5 per oent. 100 103 104 Railway Share Market the operations 11 95 10 have b een :gi ot o wa e r w eanaaaShar . es . a on a rather limited scale, and prices have 18 11 105 f; not varied to any important extent. Metropolitan, leg Do. lo. 2 4 p p .o. 0 '71 0 wi , tg - t B 7t. all g 9 3 , _owever, have improved 1 ; North Stafford, I; 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 il2 .... 24 34 24 South Eastern I. Great Western have declined t a ; S i gel Madras e i f . u e. a r . D , lx s t e ). n o s . i o . n . 100 26 1u34 97 lthi and West Midland, 1 stock Dc. 4* d 0........ 100 v 2 94 The • 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 - - at Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain stock Melb.Corp 4p o. Bnds 100 - - ab o 50 Melb. & HObso'ns Bay . . all 55 58 , abo ut former rates. 100 Do. 7p. c. along. Bds. all - - so an and Ar 20 Newßrunswiolt a Canda iscellaneous Shares are in moderate re • Class A. and B. all 3 5 quest at stead N. Rl.C'da 61 pc lst lb& 100 82 1,4 4 y rates. The following are the latest cur rent itock Sainde .......... (100 1035 10 1 CpOtations f o t h e p r in c ipal takings; City ()far some of - stock Do. Delhi... 4,.: 1100 rr 2 103 10 i 4 ,I 0 4 an, 11 2-1- p 2 I'M. e t 3B 9 3 1 4 prem.; 7 per Cent. Bolivian : O t ;Queensland Sheep, par / prem.; t i ) 3 o 0: p do .aub ..:: k '' ;c: all ,02} 104 Do. Do. .... i rot 1 " T hames Iron Shipbuilding Company, 3/ 4/ prem.; - Imperial Aeria l 0 LON 1t L. tit) V bit .N AltiN.l . - >ll;Gt, 1.. i 1 1 ,r.. , . Financial, 41 4° prem,; • • • - Credit Mobilier, ______ ' li 21 r eies 0 e • as,. ,¢J u' l o P en l -; Credit Foncier, 4,1 5 prem.; and - I 'l l- 7 ' P " vo 101 103 1014 National Provineial Marine, 11 i prem. ; Central -- I D B o 7 . 8 - 1 5 ) 4 .e. Feb.& Au g . 10) 100 fO2 ArgeUtine Railway, ili prem.; London arid -- 1 p ) :. g p.c c .Bj a ar n .d s clert. :0 0 0 . 99 ) 10 1 1 1 an Liverpool Hotel, li-, i t prem.; London Gas Metro Do. etre I Do. 5 inscribed P - ,CapeG.Hope, 6 p 0,1873 100 106 108 ra Co • i 3 - 4 c ompany, --, io prem.; North Australian Coal Do.Ap &Oct 188) 100 108 110 4 prem, 1' pany, - _ Do. 189., 100 110 112 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. lOU 110 111 - 'Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p ( 10.) 111 111 . ............ BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK . - Mauritius a per cent .. WO 106 108 1074 - Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 1)0 108 110 , 0°V ERN M ENT FUNDS. -,- iN.l3.Gov.6p.o.JaAJui ) 100 .01 103 - Do. op. o. &p . & Oct.. 10, - - Ditto 0 per Cent. Consols - N. S.W. Gov. 5p c.,18, lOU 99 100 NewA.ccount, April 8 - Do. sp. e.,18/4 to i.,6( 100 99 10 . 994 Cent. Reduced - , Do. d0.,1888 Acupwds 100 99 100 994 3 per Cent 894 it - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 108 110 "ex'? atti 2 5 per Cent. J an. 1891 - - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. Ann cs, 30 yrs, expire sth J an ,, 1880 .. - lOC, 103 105 - 1 sterling, 1875 - Queensland Gcv. 6p. C lOO - - Ditto E__,for 30 yrs, expire sth April , 1885 . - - ;S.Aus G8p.c.1r378.4 up lOO 101 111 Otto Bills, £l,OOO, 2l & 3 per Cent. 8 dis - I Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja..ikluly 100 - - _ Ditto £5OO - Do.' to 4 o.n. knAtOot... 100 111 112 1115 - e _ Ditt o £lOO and £2OO - dis BRITISH MINES. Batik England Stk, 44 per Ct., last hf.-y , . - 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 4d I:s lIn VI G ' mi. OVERNMENT SECURITIES. -- It,litiord Amalgamated.. -- 34 85 - Devon G. Con.. ,"Tavlst.) 1 555 665 Ditto St ock, 106 per Cent., April 1874 - - East Bassett (Mogan,. 30 63 65 , s. tto 5 , per Cent. July, 1670 - East Clogau Gold Ltd. . - - - d iiitto Account... ...... • . ' ' 1044 - East Caradon ....... ... 1.14., 291 306 Ditto 4 per Cent ,, Oct. 1888 _ - East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 7 76 Ditto ertificates - E. W'iltussel(Tavistk.) 8.9.0 45 44 - Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen , tBl 10 11 Ditto 0 Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. - ti rent South Toigus .... 17s 4 44 ~ 5 . per Cent., Jan. 1872 lO5 1 1, ..i. Wheal Vor (1 - lelston, 40 41 a 2 Dltto oi per Cent., May, 1879 - - Grenville Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 - - lier;A's-Foot B.lO 15 37 ,-1 ,i, t Ditto ditto Aug., 1b66 - ,LI mgston Downs 4. 8.0 34 44 ~,,‘, Bonds tl. 00t) - -. - Lady Bertha .u itto under £1:000 .. - - ; Margaret (lJny Lelact. 01 19 21 - 131arke Valley.. FOREIGN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. 4 illyndy Iron Ore (Lim ; 25 it I d azili Br • • - New Setun .. Ist 83 9 5an 5 per Cent - - • North Downs ¶, 414 2 Ditto, 1839 and 1859 - - N. Wit'i Bassetallo,ran 3.1.0 2 25 Ditto 45 per C en t , ,1852-68-60 - ',North Wheal Crotty .. 2.6.9 41 5 z Ditto 863 894 - ;Par Consols (',!•:t. Blazey - - - BuenosDitto Scrip, £55 paid.... - ' I'rovidence(Uny Lelnt.; 10.6.7 41 43 I' - i BouthCaradon(StCleer .5 440 (60 Ayres 6 per Cent - - IS. Cern Brea (Illogan).. - - - ititto Account ... - '.Wheal Fran. (Illog•an 18.18.9 50 55 CCuba, 6 per Cent. - Stray Park 30.17.6 33 'l5 ,9.ombian 6 Scrip 180 pd - Fulmar sHv.& Lead Min. - - - Lhille.n 6 per Cent. - , fin Cron 9 19 20 D anish 3 per C en t., 1825 • I West Basset (Illogan).. 15 11 12 - - I W C, radon (Liskeard 5 20 22 4anclUador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent - - West Solon ''gl , ptia n 7 per Cent loo} - Wheal Basset (Mogan); 5/ 875 924 bitto, Second Issue - - Wheal Buller(ltedruth)l 10 31 37 Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons - - Wheal Kitty(U.Lelautp 2.0.6 - - Ditto Account - WhealLud,ott Ditto Coupotis - Wheal Mary Ann ;:ilen.) '8 134 1 4 4 Ditto Account - Wheal 6.leton . 1 585 190 195 R u atemala 5 per Cent. - Wheal Treta wne y ( Li s . )l 7 21 21 - , Wheal Union I 3.17 2} 24 Iti;risl! Imperial 5 per Cent - ~h are Railways, • Price. done. I I ! Paid Closing Bustnes, 13.14., i Blr„ Wol., and Str. Val ' all 5 Pi 25 ; Blythe and Tyne, 10 l B ost„Sleaf.,andMid.Uo all Si j at !Bristol and Exeter at 'Caledonian lOO 1184 1194 50 Corr. and Bandon all 20 Corn wall 10 Do A A 0•213 no diN all 10 D o. },.,, till 6p c.p an.has all .... I been paid to B. 3 0 Dublin & Belfast June. all 35 37 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 16 17 at ?Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 91 93 at ,Glasg. and S. Weston,. 100 101 1(6 at Great Eastern Ord. stk 100 47 i 8 4n at Ditto A stock , 100 -- at Ditto East Anglian at ' 100 64 7 * at , GreatNorthol Scotland 100 St, ;Great Northorn,.. at ' Do A stock lOO 1284 1234 at I Do Bdo et , Gt. S. an IW. of Irelau : 100 93 95 st Great Western ....., I 100 16 e6} 651 65/ at Do Str Val gua. tttocl , , i 100 , at Lancashitc & q orkshirel 160 1i 94 110 1091 at 'London and illackwaii 100 , 68 70 st Lon., Bright. ,& S. Coast 100 ' 103 101 at Lon., Chat, and and Dover 100 42 4 43 4 43 2 1 3 1 at Lon. & No . r'll Western 100 108} 1081 1081 1 st Lon. & Ser.th Weltern 100 98 100 98 at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 52 13 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all -- 12 4 Do t shares.. all at Metropolitan a ll 1 1 14 1124 112} I 131 at Midland Do New — p at Do Birming. & Derby 100 96 93 981 50 Mid. (It. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 4 shares 26 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 24 k 6 st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 loot 101 l lo . i 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.1 i at Do Leeds lOO 1 5i 3 1 at Do York at Do Carlisle lOO at North London 1 0 I New I .ls.4'Nor D t o h Staffbrdshire 10 'N. and S. W. Junction all lot 111 at Scottish Central at Scot N. 10., Aber. stock 100 41 44 at Do Scot. Mid. stook lOO 98 100 10 Shrews. and Welohpoo, all at ,Shropshire Union at South Devon lOO 34 36 at South Eastern ;t 'South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 198 101 2 0 Staines,Wok.,andWoa all ' tit 94 25 Stockton & Dailingtou all 37 38 25 Do l7 94 10 , v , 15 Do New, 1866 lO 7 8 0 at Taff Vale.. 10 1 - )o B 8 5 7 10 Do C 3 3 t p 50 Ulster 25 Do 2O —p 2.10 Do st at Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO st Waterford & Kilkenny 100 at West Cornwall lOO 22 24 at DIY. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO at IWest Midland .Oxford 100 at Do Newport 100 ;t DO Hereford 100 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1869 Ditto 4i pe r C en t., 1852-68-60 Ditto 1863 B9f f i D itto Scrip, V 5 paid.... Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto Account.... Cuba, 6 Cent. C olombian per 6 Scrip £BO pd D anish 6 per Cent. u unish 3 per Cent., 1825 ~,„cluador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — •gYptian 7 per Cent loo} Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent 9 1824-5, ex-Coup3ns.. Ditto Account Ditto Coupon® Ditto Account — ne.atemala 6 per Cent. Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Italian 5 per Cen.t.(Marenumana Railwa y) Mexican 3 per C ent Ditto Account 451 a 6 51 New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account 4Bf Peruvian 4/ per Cent. , I — Ditto 3 per Cent. - Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 Piedmontese, 6 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid — pm Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B9i Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 9oa I Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account - Ditto PRE3BIVe Ditto Account ,Swedish, 4 per Ce n t — Ditto Account • • Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. Ditto Account..... l3l I Sardinian 5 per Cent 6l Ditto Account — Turki sh 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account i per Cent. 1858 Dtt £ lOO Bonds., . 74i Ditto DDittoA 6 pccoCunt er ent. 1862 i Wi tte, 4'loo B onds 7l 1 n itto ,to ' 6 per Cent, 1863 ........ G uararteed, 4 per C en t. lOO . Juezu e l a 3 per Cant. ...... Ditto Account .... 1.~ 'DiDitto 6 per Cent., 1662 . . ." tto Account Ditto 11 pei Cent — , Dividends on Coe above payable in Loud , u 441 telt 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil ... y. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ... '"Illan, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 fr anca. . Dit to Account ........ , ..., .... -7 Cotl , aots Money TWO O'CLOCK. 91k i Ditto April Account T PREFERENCE SHARES. Grt.Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford, lst guaranteed stook, 122 Lyndon, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 99 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, Sm., Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., 99 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Copenhagen. Um., 2/ Great Luxembourg, 111 Sambre and Meuse, 81 San Paulo gua. 7 per cent, Ditto (all), 21} 1 FOREIGN MINES, East del Bey Yudananiutana of S. Australia, lim., 31 JOINT-STOCK ft,Nio, Agra and United Service (UM.), 12 it Alliance 491 Ditto, new, .14 Anglo Austrian, 61 Bank of k_ tag - o, llm,. 41 . Bank of Queenslp- A ), 20 Chartered Btu:Pi ., of India, Australia, and China, 5 Consolidate",A Bang, lira., 101 Irish (), 156 ",„"K"'.:a, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 21i 1, t 9". opean Bank, lim., 91 ...undustan, t,hina, an d Japan aim.), 345 31 Ditto, new, iss ue d a t 2 pm , 101 Imperial Bank (lim.), 344 I Imperial Ottoman, 191 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 3/ London Bank of Scotland, 1hn.,'141 London and Brazilian aim.), 5 9 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 55 London, Birm , and S. Staffordshire, Um., 20 MISCEL LAN RUCs. London Chartered Bank of Australia, 261 London and County, .591 60 London and Northern (11m.), 14} London and South Atrican, 27t London and Westminster, 81 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 261 5} I National of Liverpool, limited, -- Ditto, ne,w, 01 OrientalAdnic Corporation. 63 Scinde, I /ill:daub, and Delhi, 1im.,7111 Aust align Mort. Land and Finance, 11m., 31. ,qeriin Water Works, lint., f -r.lombay tias, limited, 5f Commercial Union Insurance), 91 Contract Corporation. lint., 7f Discount Corporation, limited,:lol Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim , s Electric Telegraph, 1051 Financial Corporation, q 5 f 5 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Um., 81 1 1 1 Hudson s Bay, 114 19 1 Indian Carrying (lira), lf International Financial society, llf Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam. 11m., 71 Joint stock Discount, lint., 0i Land Securities, lim., 4i London Finan:ial Association, lira., 26} Dit o, new, 151 1 Londe Provincial Marine, 31 Madras Irrigation and Canal, 2f Ditto (all), 21 National Steam Navigation, lint., 5 4i Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Urn., 7 T: IfACEERAT'S LARES AND PENATES,-- ! In d male A larg e y crowd filled the beautiful residence of ' ll 3 late Mr. Thackeray for four days. Stately duchsses, Late old Hebrews from Houn.isditch, authors repro 6234tiag different departments of literature, furniture men, nervous ladies wearing spectacles, artists, and bar 4gain -11.111l otltqeerB,ld havejust be en j ostling each other at the sale of the Tho e ffects of th e G reat Novelist. v, - ..... -.E POPULAR APPRECIATION OF SIR ROWLAND 41/, b , L s hould be marked as well as the national one, S up . " s e - -sav +l , the p ast oche u.s Spectator —a statue were erected in front of - 4- ost-021 , -,: e ? HE FIR,T i_xcamorive. ENGIN E was landed last month at Ceylon on a bamboo raft, and dran t 3 the rail way station by a team of three elephants, TIM SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1864. NARKETS--This Day. MARK-LANE. The country markets held ot. Saturday were dull for wheat, and prices had a downward tendency. For barley, oats, beans, and peas the trade was in a sluggish state, at barely late rates. Flour moved off slowly, on former terms. On the continent and at New York the amount of busi ness doing in cereals, for export to Great Britain, continues w.uch restricted. But moderate supplies of English produce were received up to our market last week. The import from abroad con sisted of 8,401 quarters of wheat 3,492 barley, 2.5,351 oats, 2,610 beans, 39 peas, 786 tares, 23,358 linseed, 6,424 oil seeds, 405 sundry seeds, 270 sacks and 2,251 barrels of flour. The supply of foreign wheat on the stands was by no means extensive. In moat descriptions a moderate retail business was transacted, and previous quotations were steadily supported. The arrivals of home-grown wheat fresh up to this morn ing's market were small, but there was a slight improve ment in the general condition of the produce. The trade, however, ruled far from active; nevertheless, at the close of business, a fair clearance had been effected, and the prices realised were without alteration from Monday last. CURRENCY PER DIPERIAL MEASURE. IVheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 399 to 42s Ditto, old —B —s Ditto, white, 1863 42s 481 Ditto, old —B —5 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —8 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, Rye— as 30s Barley—Grinding 23s 25a Malting 258 38s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6os 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware 6os t6B Chevalier 66s 68s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding lB5 238 Potato Youghal and Cork, black l5B 23a Cork, white l6B 239 Scotch, Feeding l9B 239 Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey .. 2Bs 305 Maple White 33s 36s Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2Bs 30s Stockton and Norfolk ... 27a 29. American, per barrel l9s 25s SEEDS. In cloverseed there is but little doing, no change having taken place in the quotations. The demand for canary seed is inactive at about stationary prices. For tares there is a dull inquiry at barely late rates. Linseed and rapeseed rule steady. Cakes are in good request at extreme quota tions. Turntp,White,p.bus.lls to 148 Swede —s —s Mustard, Brown los 13s White. Tares, Spring....4B Od 4s 6d Old per quarter - 6 -8 Canary, per quarter 52s 6'B Rye grass, new 22s 21s Clover, Red Eng., et —s — 8 White Foreign Red 448 50s White sos 64s Trefoil, new. 22s 275, Carraway 22s 26 Coriander l2s 16s Hempseed, per qr 44s 46s Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 7ss Crushing Baltic — —s —s Odessa —B —s Linsed Cake, p ton —s —s English £olos.£lo 5s Foreign £9los £lO —s Rape Cakes,p ton.,fs Os .C 6 Os Rapeseed, new,pr qr 62s 65s a.................. • TALLOW. P.Y.C. is in litni - ed request to-day at 42s per cwt. on the epot. Town tallow i 3 quoted at 41s 3l net cash. In the value of rough fat an advance to 2s 2d per Blbs, has taken place. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WESTMINSTER, PROVIDING A SVNDAY'S DINNER.—Mary Sayers, a middle-aged woman, was charged with stealing a hand of pickled pork from the shop of Mr. John Grammar, 125, Brompton-road. George Wagstaff said that at half•past 11 on Saturday night he saw the prisoner go up to the prosecutor's shop and steal a hand of pork, weighing 41b. and value 2s. 6d., from the stall board in front. She then quietly walked away with the pork under her shawl, but witness followed and c'.arged her with the robbery, and brought her back to the shop, where she replaced the pork near the spot from which she had taken it. Mr. S2lfe asted whether she was kn.-wn The young man replied in the negative, and it was then stated that Mr. Grammar was frequently robbed in this way. Prisoner said she was ve-y sorry, and she hoped the magistrate would be lenient with her, as she had been drinking a little. James Seymour, a detective officer, said that prisoner was given into his charge on Saturday night. Oa search ing her he found an Ostend rabbit concealed under her arm. Mr. Selfe—Have you got any owner for the rabbit ? Policeman—No, your worship; it is so difficult for any one to identify. I asked her where she got it from, but she could not tell me or would not. Mr. Selfe (to prisoner)—Da you plead guilty to the charge of stealing the pork ? Prisoner—Yes. - M. Selfe—Do you wish me to deal with the case, or would you rather that it should be sent to sessions ? Prisoner—l should like you to try me. Mr. Selfo—Well, then, I am of opinion that you are making a practice of this sort of thing, and as the offt nee is very clearly proved, I shall commit you for threo months to hard labour. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Thera was a fair average supply of foreign stock on sale in our market to-day. Amongst it were 122 beasts from Spain. Sales progressed slowly, at depressed currencies. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, were on the increase, and most breeds name to hand in excellent condition. The beef trade was in a most inactive state, at a decline in the quotations compared with Monday last of 2d per 81bs. The top figure for Scots was 4s 10d per 81b3, and many very prime animals sold at 48 81 per Blbs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,400 Scots, crosses, and short horns; from other parts of England, 700 various breeds; from Scotland, 315 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 120 oxen and heifers. There was an increased supply of sheep on offer, and its general quality was good. The mutton trade was heavy; nevertheless, sheep in the wool realised late currencies, the top figure for Downs being 6s per 81bs, but clipped breeds gave way 2d per 81bs, the highest quotation being 4s 10d per 81be. Lambs, the supply of which was very moderate, sold readily at 7s 4d per Blbs. A few very superior Down lambs realised 8a per Blbs. The veal trade was inactive, yet previous rates were sup. ported ; the quotations were 4s 4d to 5s 4d per 81bs. We have to report a slow inquiry for pigs, at previous rates. Per 81bs.to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 4 10 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, ono. 4 8 4 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 2 Second quality do. 4 4 5 2 5. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Pme. S' thdown d 0.5 10 6 0 ' Largo orse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime small do 5 2 5 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 6 Suckling calves, 16s to 225; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Cows — Sheep and lambs .... 2,381 Sheep Calves 133 , Pigs Pigs. 4BO I • The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 3,852 head. in the corresponding week in 1863, we received 5,449—in 1862, 2,768—in 1861, 2,106 —in 1860, 2,351—in 1859, 3,065—in 1858, 414 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDUN LAD WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves, Rotterdam .... 446 222 ~ .. 162 .. 136 Harlingen .... 21 -- Hamburg 04.41 125 .. 1231 ~ 23 .. 44 Amsterdam.... -- Boulogne."... -- 20 __ -- -.... ee ..".. •• ..-. •• .-.." •• .... •• -- Bremen Dordt.. 39 .. 138 .. .. .. Nieu Diep •. • • • • -- .. • • .. Antwerp 5O .. 19 .. .. 35 .. Ostend Calais — • . 50 • • • . • . 216 Oporto — • • .. .. ....... .. Dunkirk .— • , N .. .. .. 109 Total .... 754 .. 2015 .. .. 220 .. 863 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 863.. 560 .. 4,736 .. 2 .. 149 .. 2 862 73 .. 2,537 .. 38 .. 120 .. 861 493 .. 1,499 ~ • 1 1 .. 76 .. 38 860 .859 """ • • •"' • • '''" • • ""' • • 1858 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, March 23, 1863, and this day. Monday, March'2l, 1864. Per 81b, to sink the offal. • March 23, March 21, 1863. 1864. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 3 4to 3 8 Second quality do . 3 8 4 0 310 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c 4 8 410 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do 5 0 5 8 5 4 5 8 Prime Southdown do. .. 610 6 0 510 6 0 Lambs Large coarse calves .. 4 2 410 4 4 5 0 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 6 4 8 4 2 4 6 Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, March 21, 1863011e4sts, 3,890 — sheep, 1 7,660—calves, 103—pigs, 00. MARCH 25, 18 6 1 . —Beasts, amo—sheep, 19,260—calves, 79—pigs, 210. NEWGATE AND LEADEN:HALL. These markets continue to be moderately supplied with town and country-killed meat. Generally speaking, the trade is firm, and prices somewhat higher than on Monday last. Per Slb, by tbo carcase. a ga Inferior bad 2,1 i) 3 2 Nliddling do. 34 3 8 Frime lug ° , do. 3 10 4 0 Do, Ina i !L d 0... 4 0 4 2 mutton. 3 8 3 10 pork .... 3 2 3 10 In .prior Laige, adsd Middling mutton 4 0 4 2 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Veal Small pork 4 2 4 6 Lamb BOROUGH HOP. The demand for hops is less active. The value of last year's growth is well supported ; otherwise, the quotations have a drooping tendency. The imports into London last week was 575 bales, from New York, 33 Rotterdam, 17 Hamburg, and 15 Ostend. Mid and East Kents £5 Os to 10s per cwt. Weald of Kents 5 Os to 7 7s ~ Sussex Yearlings 3 108 to 6 Os „ Bavarian 5 513 to 8 8s ~ Belgian American ..... 5 tis to 6 12s ,► BOROUGH AND SPITALFIRLDS. The arrivals of potatoes to these markets coatinue exten sive, Good and prime qualities move off slowly at about previous rates; otherwise the trade is dull, yet there is no material change to notice in the currency. Yorkshire: Regents 4ss to 70s per ton. Flukes Rocks Perth, Forfar, and Fife Regents 46a to 70s „ Rocks ........ Kent and Essex Regents WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool continue to be well attended by hotne buyers. The amount of business doing for export is still restricted ; nevertheless, the biddings rule somewhat inactive, at an advance in prices from the close of last sales of Id per lb. Inferior and greasy Cape produce, however, owing to the absence of American buyers, does not participate in this iwprovement. In the private contract market English wool rules very firm, and the recent advance iu prices is well supported. The import into London last week was-,fronl M e lbourne 8a1e5.9,684 Post Philip and Gee10ng... Moretown Bay .. . , Adelaide .... Cape Sundry other ports, about CURRENT PRICES OP ENGLISH WOOL PER LB. Fleeces—South Down hoggets .... Is 9d to is 10,1 Half bred do is 11}d 2s Od Kent fleeces ....., a i s ild i s Did S. Down ewes an wethers la 8d Is 9d Leicester do Sorts--Clothing is 6d Is DO Combing ~ .. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) RE COLONEL WAUGH. His Honour asked whether it was a fact that Mr. Com missioner Holroyd declined to interfere in this matter. Mr. Sargood said it was so. His Honour said the more he thought of the matter the more he was convince i that he could not inter fere, but must leave the matter for the Common Law Court. He considered it a great injustice that a man should be detained in prison on such a process as that on which Colonel Waugh had been taken into custody. He was called upon to give bail to the amount of £lOO,OOO, which almost am'iunted to imprisonment for life, and yet by merely lodging the process at the prison the debtor was locked up without hope, as the creditor was not bound to proceed a step further, although the debt r was ready to meet the case. Ho thouglr. that on the facts being repre sented one of the learned judges would interfere. It was ultimately decided that the case should extend over for a fortnight, and then be brought before his Honour again. Particulars. Stock this aay... Price of Y.C. Delivery last weel Ditto from June Arrivals last weel Ditto from June Price of Town ... 1862. 1850. 1881 1863. - --i 33,955) 72.0 , 9 42,144 45,228 55.579 5739 a to' , s9s Od t( 06s01 to 'l3s 91 t0 , 12e CU 10 —s Od 59s 3d —8 Od —s d —s Od 1,077 1,006 1, 70 1, , 42 1,313 6 .), 9 9 67,919 103,302 68,017 61,315 ;325 1,201 82 677 1015 91,871 112,944 88,685 75,016 82,0i7 5Ss Od 58s Od 48s 6d 45s 9d 43s Id RE H. W. CHURCH. This bankrupt was a clerk to a brewer, and he was sen tenced a short time since by the Court to be imprisoned for offences under the Bankrupt Law, but against which deci sion he had appealed, but the case had not been argued. His Hcnour was now asked co withhold the commitment until after the 12th April, the next appeal day. The application was granted. RE MJLL. This bankrupt was described as of Old Broad-street, silk broker, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. The debts amount to £9,2o4,unsecured ; £36,749, secured; good debts, £629; property, £1,268; ditto in hands of creditors, £38,563; deficiency, £5,568. An adjournment for six weeks was taken by consent, Fire and Loss of Life. -~------ On Saturday morning, at a few minutes before 6 o'clock, a fire broke out it the premises belonging to Mr. H. Heath, hatter, 393, Oxford-street. The Royal Society's fire escapes, the engines of the London Brigade, and a powerful land steamer, quickly attended; but the flames could not be ex tinguished until the whole of the floors of the fac tory were burned out. Tie origin of the fire is at present unknown. Mr. Heath was partially insured in the Royal Exchange Fite-office, and the build ing was insured in the Westminster Fire-office. Another fire broke tut in the premises belonging to Mr. Martin, an oil and colour man, carrying on business at the angle of Middle Searle-place and Searle-place, a narrow thorough fare leading into or near ?feet-street. The premises were four floors high, ani owing to the quantity of inflammable articles the• contained, the fire rapidly spread. Messengers were at once despatched for the aid of the Royal Seciety's escapes and engines, and in the course of a few minutes Tapsell arrived with the St. Clement Danes escape, and by raising his ladders succeeded in rescuing one person from the adjoining house, which was also on fire. Hu applied the portable ladders and also the jumping -sheet, but he was too late to render any assistance to the persons in the oil warehouse. The inmates, in order to escape being burnt to death, hastened to the third floor, but instead of ()losing the doors and waiting till the escape ladders arrived, they made an attempt to jamp out of the windows. One woman fell upon her head. She was picked up alive and removed to King's College Hospital, but she died immediately after her admission. Two others jumped from the same floor, and they are re ported to be seriously injured, It is believed that they were removed to the houses of some of the neighbours. By half.past ten o'clock, two hours after the commencement of the fire, it was nearly extinguished, but not until the premises in which the outbreak began were all but destroyed. A Ghost Story and the late Murder at Sea by a Gree4 Sailor, A strange story is told in connection with the report of the murder at sea on board of the barque Pontiac, of Liverpool, by Jean Moyatos, a Greek sailor, now in custody in Edinburgh. It may be remembered that on the 13th October last, five days after the Pontiac l e f t C a l lao, J ean M o y a tos murdered one of his fellow seamen, and stabbed another in such a dangerous manner that his life was despaired of. Two nights before the fatal occurrence, the mate of the Pontiac was standing near the man at the helm, no other person being on the quarter-deck at the time, when the latter in great terror called out, " What is that near the cabin door ?" Tb.e mate replied th a t h e s aw no thing, an d looked about t o see if anyone was near, but he failed to discover any person, The steersman t hen, much terrified, said the figure he saw was that of a strange-looking man, of g h ost l y appearance , and almost immediately aft erwar d s exc l a i me d, " There he is again, standing at the captain's win dow !" The mate, though in view of the captain's window, saw no figure near it, nor at any other part of the quarter-deck, though he looked round and round. Next day the report went from one to the other that a ghost was on board, which filled some of the sailors with alarm, while others made a jest of it, Next night, a boy (a stowaway) was so dreadfully alarmed in his bunk by something. he saw or felt (we do not know which), that he cried out so loudly as to waken all th e seamen i n bed. The boy was sure it was the ghost seen the previous night that had frightened him ; and others of more mature years were inclined to think so too. Perhaps mor e than one half of those on b oar d be lieved that something supernatural wa s on b oar d and that some calamity was about to happen. But there were two on board who did not believe the ghost stories, and these were the men w h o was murdered and his companion who was st a bb e d . Th e former joked with the boy about the ghost, and said he would have his knife well sharpened and ready for the ghost if it appeared the next night'. He would giv e it a sta b an d " chuck"it overbo ar d. The latter j Aned in the joke, saying he al so wou ld help "to d o " f or th e ghost, and oth ers sa i d they would have letters ready for the ghost to carry to their friends in the other world. Jean Moyatos overheard what was slid as to stabbing and throw ing overboard, and in consequence of his imperfect knowledge of the English language, and having previously supposed there was a combination against him, thought the threats were made against him, and therefore resolved to protect himself. A few hours after the jesting we have briefly explained took pla ce , h e sta bb e d th e two m en w h o principally carried on the j es t, with the fatal result k nown. T he murder, as might be expected, filled everyone on board with horror, and the terror of the sailora who believed there was a ghost on board was overwhelm ing. At n i g h t, w h e th e r in b e d or on watch on deck, th e y h ad great dread, which was heightened by reports that strange noises were heard below. Not even a t t h e end of t h e voyage h ad the fear been overcome, for after the ship was moored in the docks two of the crew who had agreed to sleep on board became so frightened after their compinione were paid off that they refused to remain in the vessel at night.— Seaman, MARLBOROUGH•STREET. A GENTLEMAN IMPROPERLY CHARGED BY THE POLICE.-Mr. John Anderson, a ;lenticulan residing at No. 4, Queen•square, Westminster, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Beales, 131 C, iu Jermyn street. Air. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap. poured for the defendant. Beales said that a little after 12 on Saturday night he was assisting other constables to the etation with two females, when just before getting to the corner of Lower Regent' street the defendant put his walking-stick between his (the constable's) legs, and when he got to Jertnyn street the defendant kicked him on the leg. A large crowd followed to the station, and when he got to the station-house door he took the defendant into custody for assaulting him. In answer to Mr. Lewis, the constable said there was a very large crowd and that the defendant was walking be hind him, but a little at his side, when he put his stick between his legs and kicked him, There were between 300 and 400 persons present, and the mob called out "Let the poor devils go," Another constable corroborated Bodes, and in answer to Mr. Lewis, said he heard the defendant cry out, " Rescue, rescue," the defendant being close to Beetles at the time, and that Beales gave the defendant into his custody at the corner of Jermyn-street. Staines, 123 C, was called, and said he was assisting in taking the two females to the station, and although he had an equal opportunity of seeing what took place to the second constable, he stated that he did not see the defendant do anything. • Mr. Lewis, in addressing the magistrate on the defendant's behalf, said that many persons were convicted for assaults on the police because they were unable to bring forward evidence to refute the statements of the police. He (Mr. Lewis) believed that his worship had heard the truth from the last constable (Staines) when he said that he saw nothing done by the defendant. The second constable said he saw the stick placed by the defendant between the legs of the first constable, while the last constable called, and was in a position to see all that occurred,saw nothing done, and one constable said he took the defendant into custody outside the station, and the other that he took him at the corner of Jermyn-street, some distance from the station. The de fendant was a gentleman of position, and so far from mo lesting the police had on one occasion assisted them, and given evidence on their behalf. He (Mr. Lewis) would call a gentleman who was in the defendant's company—arm in arm with him all the time—and he would state that the defendant neither placed his stick between the constable's legs nor kicked him. Mr. Joseph Burke, civil engineer, of 4, Queen -Naar() Westminster, deposed that on passing down the Haymar ket on Saturday night with Mr. Anderson, with whom he had been playing at billiards, they saw a large crowd col lected, and walked to the Vine-street station to see the cause, and while standing outside the defendant was dragged into the station, the constable (Beales) saying, " You are the man who assaulted me," The defendant had been arm with him all the time, never placed his stick as stated, nor kicked the constable, and was:never within 10 yards' dis tance of the constable (Beales). Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was impossible he could convict in the case, more especially after tho discrepancies in the evidence of the police, they not seeming to know where they took the defendant into custody—one stating at the corner of Jermyn-street, the other outside the station. Mr. Lewis stated that he had another witness to call, if necessary. Mr. Tyrwhitt discharged the defendant. THAMES. ONE OF THE FORTY THIEVES IN TROUBLE.—Thomas Perkins, a boy about 15 years of age, was brought up on a warrant, before Mr Partridge, charged with threatening the life of Mrs. Rosa Jones, a respectable matron, dwelling in Eastfield-street, Limehouse. The prisoner belongs to the celebrated Forty Thieves, of Limehouse, whose exploits and villainy have been exposed by the Rev. Mr. Carr, the incumbent of St. John's District Church, in that pariah. The prisoner, and three more of the "forty" were in custody for a serious robbery. They were remanded four times, and finally discharged. One of the witnesses was a good and honest boy, the son of Mrs. Jones. The gang have since molested Mrs, Jones and her son, and threatened them. The prisoner who is one of the leaders of the " Forty," and a perfect ruffian, had taken an active part in the pasecution of Mrs. Jones and her son, and had repeatedly threatened them. On the 3d inst. Mrs. Jones was at her own doer waiting for her son when the prisoner accosted her, add used the most diabolical language. He said he would give it her ovor the b-y face and eyes, and knock her two eyes into one. He also said he would do for her son as well as herself. This abuse continued some time, and the prisoner only dosisted on the approach of a police •constable. Mrs. Jones was in great terror of the prisoner and his 3ompanions. Police-sergeant Bridal, 4 K, said the prisoner was a thief, and bolo aged to a desperate gang. Mr. Partridge held the Prls.2ller to bail in one surety of of £lO to keep the peace for three i:2°llths• He was locked up, STABBING.—PhiIIip Card, aged 19, a G o :man baker, of fo N e w-street, Mile-end Old Town, was brought before Mr. reign Partridge, charged with cutting and wounding a Jew named Abraham Simons. 'l:he complainant said he was a tailor, dwelling at b, Union-street, .Whitechapel. He was at a ball at the White Hart, in Leman-street, and while the dancing was going on an Englishman pushed against the prison or by accident. The prisoner said to the Englishman, " Why the - don't you move away while lam dancing." He remonstrated with the prisoner, and said " There is no‘occasion to insult any one," The prisoner made use of very foul language, and' threatened him. He said to the prisoner, " What do you want with me ? leave me alone," The prisoner said "11l fight you," and made a jump at him. Other Germans jumped up also, and the prisoner struck him on the back of the head. He found his head bleeding. The Germans laid hold of him. There were fifteen of them. He was thrown down on the floor and savagely beaten. The landlord of the house interfered, and took the prisoner away and gave him into custody. Witnesses were heard in confirmation Mr. Hobert Hughes, house surgeon at the London Hos pital, said the prosecutor was brought there bleeding pro fusely. He found a small incised wound, penetrating to the bone, and three-quarters of an inch in length on the back of the head. The wound had been inflicted with a penknife or small-bladed knife. Mr, partridge comnitted the prisoner for trial. glaPPING—This Day. LONDON, March 21.—Wind this day at noon—North , East ; moderate brec fine weather. PORTSMO UTH, March 19.—Wind N.W.—Arrived Rubens, from Alps, Bay—Gauntlet, from London for hong Kong. PLYMOUTH, March 19.—Wind E.—Arrived—Heroes of Alma, from Stianghae—Robert Jones, from Ceylon—North Star, from Rio Janeiro. FALMOUTH, March 20.—ind N.E.—Arrived—Haw thorn, trora Bhanghae—OceWan Nymph, from Portland. Sailed—Odina, fer Havannah, (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTRAMMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived—Sp'rit, from London ; Edward and Mary, from the Channel; La Poule, from Cherbourg. Sailed—Zwerve, for Dantzic ; Bessie, for Sunderland. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) URAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived', Mara 20 . — Julie , from Landscrana ; Conquest, from Bruges, Lobekimi, from Groningen; Ariel, from Algoa Bay ; Barteld Hermann, from Groningen. Arrived, March 21—Vir Wisail, and Jantee Fiuema, from . Groningen. DEAL, Monday Morning. Anchored —Vesta (brig), from , for Malta; for north. p aEs ed—Bects (screw steamer), for Penang; Fenzel , tor Hongkong ; Eden, for Swansea—all from Loudon ; Era (screw steamer), from the west, for Bor deaux • Johan na Schmidt, from Chatham, for Newport; Forest Queen, from London, for Halifax. Passed in tow—Medusa, from Calcutta, for London. Extraordinary Trial, A cause celebre is now being tried et Aix, All the principal journals have sent special reporters, and MM. rules Favre and Lacl3and are retained for the defence. In July last, a man named Maurice Roux, a coachman in the service of M. Armand, a gentle man of large preperty, residing at Montpellier, was found iu the cellar of his master's house, lying on his face, with e wound on the back of his head, a rope tightly drawn round h is n eck , his hands tied behind his hack, end apparently in a dying stat e . It was in the evening that he was taus found. The man had been missing all e l eaaa and M. Armand had several times spoken angrily of his absence fawn his duties. A maid-servant in the house, who had heard her master inquiring for Mautjce Roux, told him that she thought she heard Maurice groaning in the cellar. M. Armaad said the girl must be dreaming, but nevertheless accompanied her down the cellar stairs, and there found Maurice in the position described. M. Armand at once ran to fetch medical men, and a commissary of police. According to the report of the medical men, Mau rice was nearly strangled, and in a most dangerous condition. He could not speak a word, but was able to understand what was said to him. The com missary of police produced a child's alphabet of ivory letters and asked the man to spell the name of the person who had attempted to murder him. He spelt the name of " Armand"—his master. A long examination ensued by means of the alphabet, in the course of which the men explained that, while he was sawing wood iu the cellar his master came behind him, and saying, " Is Cs/Trona drai a appeler ma maison une baraque"—(l will teach you to call my house a barrack)—he struck him a tremendous blow on the head with a log of wood, which felled him to the ground ; then he twisted a rope tightly round his neck and tied his hands behind him. This happened at 8 o'clock in the morning. When Maurice Roux recovered he repeated by word of mouth everything that he had indicated by the alphabet, persisted in his story after being warned by the Judge of Instruction of his terrible responsibility to God and man if he made a false accusation, and took the sacrament upon it in the presence of the judge. M. Armand was arrested upon this testimony, and at the end of last year he was brought up at the bar of the assize court of Montpelier to take his trial on a capital charge. But woen judge and jury were assembled, and the Pro cureur Imperial ready with his speech for the pro secution ; when M. Jules Favre, specially brought down from Paris, had taken his seat in front of the dock in which the prisoner was placed; and, when the court was crammed to suffocation with the prin cipal inhabitants of the department, burning with cariosity to hear the case, the news came that Mau rice Roux, on his way to the court to give evidence, had been waylaid and beaten within an inch of his life, so that it was impossible for him to appear. The trial was necessarily postponed. The general opinion in Montpelier was that M. Armand, who is a very wealthy man, had suborned a bravo to murder Maurice Roux in order to prevent him from appearing against him. Maurice Roux, how ever, revived after some days' medical treatment. Meanwhile, M. Armand's counsel applied to the Court of Cessation for a change of venue, on the ground that there was so much prejudice against the prisoner in Montpellier that he could not have a fair trial there. The Court granted the applica tion, and ordered that the trial should take place at Aix. It is a singular circumstance, and one that gives rise to many conjectures, and when the list of witnesses was called at the opening of the trial Maurice Roux did not answer, and it was stated in court that when he arrived at Aix by the railway he was taken very ill. The pubic prosecutor said, however, that he was expected to attend the next day. The extraordinary defence set np is that Maurice Roux's story is a pure invention, that he inflicted injuries upon himself, put the rope round his own neck, and tied his own hands behind him, upon the calculation that by accusing his master, who has the reratation of being a violent man, and is said to have struck his servants before, he would get a large sum of money out of him. This theory is supported by D. Tardien, the most eminent pro fessor of medical jurisprudence in Paris, and by Dr. Jacques, a leading surgeon of Montpellier. Nevertheless, the public prosecutor made a crushing speech against the prisoner, and pressed urgently for a conviction. The improbabilities on either side are very great, and the result of the trial is awaited with extraordinary interest. Mns, SOMERVILLE, the eminent astronomer, is at Genoa, on a visit. Although more than fourscore years old, she is said to be engaged upon a work of literary im portance; and such is the fine tone of her constitution that she read the smallest print and thread a needle without spectacles. MALTA AND ALEXANDRIA TELEGRAPH.—M , nsrs. Glass, Elliott, and Co, have received a telegram from Alex andria, dated 9.30 a.m., 19th March, informing them that the telegraph line between Malta and Alexandria is again open to the public for the transmission of messages. Uni versal satisfaction prevails in Egypt at the restoration of telegraphic communication with Europe. FATAL OCCURRENCES ON THE RlVER.—Shottly before the start for the University boat-race on Saturday morning, when the river was crowded with craft of all descriptions, an accident, attended with a fatal result, occurred just below Hammersmith-bridge. Three youths were rowing a wherry, when, through their unskilful ma nagement, they ran foul of a heavy barge, and the wherry immediately filled and went down. Two of the youths were saved, but the third, a very fins boy, named Benjamin Wheeler, between 12 and 13 years of age, the son of re• spectable parents residing in Chester-street, Lambeth, was carried away with the tido and sank. About the same time a boatman, named Enoch Smith, belonging to Kingston-on- Thames, was in the act of stepping from a coble on to the gunwale of a west country barge lying off Battersea, when his foot slipping he fell into the water. An oar was thrown to him to keep himself up, to which he held for a minute or two, and then let go. as it paralysed, immediately sank, and was carried away by the tide. THE ODIOUSNESS OF DIRECT TAXES.—As for direct taxes, they may be more logical, but they have one drawback—the taxpayer cannot be shorn without aware of the liberties taken with his golden or eilve ' rn . fleece. An old woman might sip her tea through life, and nt more know that her little caddy helped to keep engine at work, than M. Jourdain knew the great state vs been talking prose. But ask Mrs. that he had aim.. -, . xpence through the agency of a Partingtoa for one tacks, and an inkhorn, and she man with a big book, spat. Britain's cause. Direct will appreciate her sacrifices Ada of thousands hold the taxes are always odious. Hundt, of . the window-duty s uperstitious belief, that the invente: impious tamper was struck blind as a punishment for income tax is ing with the light of heaven. And that the not regarded with any particular favour , it L. eed,e but a glance at Punch to pron.—ambers' s Journal, Nsew and Improved Series. WHO ORIGINATED THE PENNY POSTAGE P—One Murray first "set up" the penny rate in London for the collection and delivery of messages and parcels. He was an upholsterer, and commenced his private speculation in 1681. In 1683 Murray resigned his interest in the ven ture to Wm. Dockura, a merchant of Loudon; but in a trial at the King's Bench Bar, in the reign of Charles 11., the right to circulate correspondence was adjudged to belong to the Duke of York, as part of the General Post; and in consequence it was then annexed to the Crown, and the revenues arising therefrom were made subject to the pay ment of pensions to favoutities at Court, and other "dis tinguished personages." Dockura was compensated for his loss, and made general, controller, but for subsequent mal versatiun of the funds he was eventually dismissed the public service.— 2 he giecer. AN ODD DAY TO CHOOSE. -- Lord's Cricket Ground will be opened earlier than usual this year, the proprietor announcing Good Friday as commencing the season, several matches having been arranged to be played on that day. General practice will also commence, THE WOODEN SPOON !—A list of the votes of those members of the Government who are in the House of Commons is produced at the Whitebait Dinner, and he who is lowest on the list is probably regarded, by his Cambridge friends at least, as the wooden spoon. Dur ing the administration of Sir Robert Peel, when the Mi• nisterial party was starting for Greenwich, one of them, in passing through Hungerford-market, bought a child's penny mug and a wooden spoon. After dinner, when the list of votes had been read out, the penny mug, on which was painted either " James" or " For a good boy," was presented, with all due solemnity, to Sir James Graham, and the wooden. spoon to Sir William Follett. This is pro bably the origin of the statement quoted by our correspon dent.--Notes and Queries. METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, DEVONSHIRE SQUARE, CITY,—The aggregate number of patients relieved during the week ending March 19 was—Medical, 1,072 ; surgical, 647 ; tot&, 1,719, of which 515 were new cases. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. CITY BETTING.—Tras DAY. NORTHAMTONSHIRE STAKES. 100 to 12 agst Gardner (taken freely) 9to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) 11 to 1 agst Wingrave (taken) 14 to 1 agst Dollar (taken) 14 to 1 agst Costa (taken) 15 to 1 agst Touch and Go (taken) 100 to 6 agst Fairwater (taken) 100 to 6 agat Gibraltar (taken) 20 to 1 agst Countersign (taken) 20 to 1 agst Sheridan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Blithfield (offered) 25 to 1 agst Lioness (offered) 25 to 1 agst Benjamin (taken) 25 to 1 agst Anglo Saxon (offered) 30 to 1 agst Union Jack (offered) 33 to 1 agst Flash-in-the-pan (offend) 40 to 1 agst M. Phillipe (taken) cutsTEr, cur. 16 to 1 agst Little Stag (raten) 33 to 1 agst 013 minster ttaken) 40 to 1 agst Golden Pledge (offered) RACING FIXTU MA: TRES FOR 1864. .RCH. Durham Northampton 29 Cat terick :3O AP: Croxf on-park 1 Edinburgh Spring 2 1 Abergavenny Thirsk 5 RIL. Epsom Spring ........ Newmarket Craven .... 11 Newmarket First Spring 25 Chester .. 3 York Spring Salisbury l2 Bath Manchester Harpenden .... 20 Epsom 24 Jr Ascot .. 7 Hampton l5 Newton Orliham Bibury Stockbridge Chelmsford.. 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Newcastle-on-Ty ne 28 Worcest:r (Summer) Ipswich Newmarket July Carlisle Abingdon Liverpool July Stamford l4 Pontefract Nottingham Winchester l9 Southampton .. . 2O Chesterfield Goodwood .. 29 Bright on 2 Brighton Club Lewes 5 Reading Egham Oxford IS Yarmouth Weymouth 1 Warwick September 6 Leicester 8 Doncaster Brecon .. 19 ichmond Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn Newmarket First October 27 Northallerton .. 6 Newmarket Second Oct 10 Gloucester Newmarket Houghton 2l NOTZ: Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 Leamington k War. Hunt 22 STEEPLECHASING FIX.ZTRES FOR 1864. 'Worcester Autumn .... 30 APRIL. Abergavenny NOTUIDER. Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market quiet and steady. Sales about 6,000 bales. Imports, 35,675. Previously, 13,827. RELEASE OF GERMAN SHIPS. HANOVER, MARCH 19. The Danish Government has decreed the release of the Hanoverian ships under embargo in Danish ports. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. A.ustralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. April 18. via Marseilles April 12. brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. April:s. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Mar. 30. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton April 3. via Marseilles Mar. 28. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Mar. 28. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton April 3. viz I\l4r6eilles I‘far. India (Bombay), via Southampton Mar. 28 7 via Marseias Mar. 22, Portugal.... April 5. ..\ ialta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 28, via Marseilles .. Mar. 22. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet .. ..Mar. 24, by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Mar. —. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tencritie .. Bahamas, via New York April 7. Mexico. Mar. 30. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Mar, 30. California. and British Columbia.. J .- RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, SCOT DISH NORTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Aberdeen on Thursday : Mr. Stirling, the chairman, pre sided. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report be adopted, confessed that at this time last year he looked forward with no little concern to the effect which the opening of the In verness and Perth Highland line would have upon the traffic of the Scottish North-Eastern Company. He was glad, therefore, to be able to point to the report as showing that the company had not only maintained their ground, but that there was a satisfactory increase in the receipts. He might mention that by the opening of the Inverness line they no t only lost the through passengers from Aberdeen to Perth. who all had formerly travelled 93 miles over the Scottish North-Eastern at an average fare of 10s. each, but they had also lost the whole traffic upon the seven miles between Stanley and Perth. In these circumstances it was grati fying to find that the traffic from other quarters having been consi , lerably increased fully made up for the antici pated loss. For this they were greatly indebted to a most abundant harvest throughout the country, and the unexampled prosperity of the staple trade of the district— the flax trade. Having quoting various figures from the report, ho adverted to the bills the company were now promoting before Parliament, the arrangements regarding which, of the whole, were in a favourable position, and con cluded by expressing his readiness to answer any questions respecting the affairs of the company. Dr. MATHEW seconded the adoption of the report, which was cordially agreed to ; the usual dividends were declared on the preference stocks, and also dividends on the Aber deen Original Stock at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum; on the Scottish Midland Ordinary Stock at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum; and on the Dundee and Arbroath Ordinary Stock at the rate of 71 per cent, per annum for the past half year. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. 1863. 1864. 186% ' £ L Belfast and N. Counties ..... 136 136 1,745 1,902 Belfast and County Down 49 49 708 60 Blyth and Tyne ............. .. 28 __ 28 1,572 1,457 Bristol and Exeter 121 i 121% 5,303 5,i82 Caledonian 215 245 16,544 16,228 Cockermotith& Working-ton ti bi - f ; , rk and Bandon 2O 20 328 314 Cork, - - Blaekrock, &Passage.. • 64 6} 115 IS9 32 : 32, 1 101 :i52 Drogheda 75 65 1 5 7 1 1,45?: 1,417 Deeside..... , l7 'l7 42 236 t . ._ D oi, s Junction 63 Dublin a 63 1,239 1,367 You,glial and death .......... 23 63 1,147 1.512 an sl a W nd icklow and Wexid 9l} 184 1,794 2,177 C D ourbnl Dublin a n 1) : 23 208 130 169} 169} 7,524 7.203 Furness, &c 14 CDID i r i bb n :li burgh and fiilasgoW 50 5 , 2,952 2,659 Glasgow & South-Western l9B 198 8,593 8,495 Gt. Eastern,Nrtk.,&E.Union - 663 61i 27,567 27,061 Great Northern 353 351 29,774 24,534 Great North of Scotland 1:8 58 1,633 1.6.3' Gt. IN orthn. & Westn. (irel.) 713 71 1 490 570 3 t.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrlnd..)- 37 4 529 6,817 7,141 Great Western 1056. 10564 55,211 53,433 I Tavern ess & Aberdeen June 864 84 905 853 Inverness & Forth J unction 119; -- 948 - lritth North-Western 145 145 1,6;7 1,805 Lancashire & Yorkshire 402 395} 36,393 34,360 Limerick and Ennis •.. 24 241 144 211 Limerick and Foynes 264 264 133 2 5 Llaneliy 461 461 584 543 8 1 London & North-Western Railways. 18C4. MADRID, March 18.—The Minister of Finance is preparing a measure for discounting the bills given in payment of the national property. The money will be advanced by the Bank of Spain in co-operation with au English house. The acclunts received this morning respecting the state of trade in the ruanuf.ietnring districts during the past week are exceedingly favourable. At Manchester the recent mov ement in the cotton market occasioned a better feeling among dealers and speculators, and in woollen and wcrsted at Leeds, Halifax, Bradford, and Huddersfield more business hes been transacted, and an improvement in prices established . Excepting ShEffild, opw tions in the hardwa re districts have been conducal and at Wolverhampton, the eciu ir a eta2h en American t t:nd Indian 'account r onar e r a large o n scale, were still considerable. 'CYST. York August 2l Plymouth Derby Lichfield Stockton .... Devon and Exeter :MBER. SEPT: OCTi U.R.I 11[BER. 1